batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l33256-l33384
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l33256-l33384
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto
XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat.; lines 33256-33384
start: '33256'
end: '33384'
translation: The Ramayan of Valmiki
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Rávaṇ fights the vulture king while carrying Sítá. The vulture endures
arrows, wounds Rávaṇ, breaks his bows, damages his armor and chariot, kills or
disables his team and driver, and is praised by spirits. Though weakened by age,
the vulture rises again to block Rávaṇ and warns that stealing Ráma’s wife will
bring ruin and the fruits of guilty deeds.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Rávaṇ rushes against the sovereign bird, and the two engage in a violent battle
in the air.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Rávaṇ shoots many arrows that strike and wound the vulture king.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The vulture attacks Rávaṇ with beak and talons, tearing his body and breaking
his weapons.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Sítá is in Rávaṇ’s car, weeping with shrill lament.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The vulture breaks Rávaṇ’s chariot, its golden parts, the royal emblems, and
attacks the charioteer and team.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: With the car broken and the team and charioteer laid low, Rávaṇ holds the
lady with one arm and springs to the ground.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Spirits witnessing the combat praise the vulture after Rávaṇ’s fall from the
car.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: The vulture is weakened by age, but rises again to block Rávaṇ when he attempts
to carry the lady through the air.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: The vulture tells Rávaṇ that stealing Ráma’s wife will ruin his kind.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: The vulture says guilty deeds bear deadly fruits and compares Rávaṇ’s act
to drinking poison and taking treacherous bait.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Rávaṇ
description: A furious giant king, also called the ten-necked king and king of giants,
who fights the vulture while carrying Sítá.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Vulture king
description: A sovereign or royal vulture who battles Rávaṇ, breaks his weapons
and chariot, and speaks warnings to him.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Sítá
description: The lady in Rávaṇ’s car, weeping, described in the vulture’s speech
as the wife of Ráma.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Ráma
description: Named by the vulture as Sítá’s husband, with powerful sons of Raghu
who will not endure the insult to their hermitage.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Spirits
description: Spectators of the combat who view Rávaṇ’s fall and praise the vulture.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Charioteer
description: The driver of Rávaṇ’s car, attacked by the vulture and laid low.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: abductor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rávaṇ is described as stealing Ráma’s wife and attempting to bear the lady
through the air.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:2
label: animal defender
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The vulture attacks Rávaṇ, destroys his equipment, and rises again to block
him from carrying off the lady.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: abducted woman
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Sítá is weeping in Rávaṇ’s car and is called Ráma’s wife whom Rávaṇ is stealing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: giant king
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage calls Rávaṇ the ten-necked king and king of giants.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: warning speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The vulture addresses Rávaṇ and warns him of ruin and the consequences of
guilty deeds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:6
label: injured husband referenced in speech
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The vulture identifies the stolen woman as Ráma’s wife and says Raghu’s sons
will not endure the insult.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: supernatural witnesses
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Spirits watch the combat and praise the vulture.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: arrows
literal_form: Keen pointed arrows and ten swift arrows shot by Rávaṇ
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: bow
literal_form: Rávaṇ’s bow, decorated with pearls and jewels, twice broken by the
vulture
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: will-moved fiery chariot
literal_form: Rávaṇ’s will-moved car that shone like fire, with golden steps, pole,
and yoke
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: royal emblems
literal_form: Chouris and a silken shade like the full moon, held by guards
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: sword
literal_form: The sword left to Rávaṇ when other arms were lost or cleft
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: death noose and baited hook similes
literal_form: Images of Death’s entangling noose and a fish caught by a hook beneath
treacherous bait
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: poison cup
literal_form: The vulture compares Rávaṇ’s deed to drinking deadly poison
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Aerial battle between Rávaṇ and the vulture
summary: Rávaṇ and the vulture king clash in the air; Rávaṇ rains arrows on the
bird, while the vulture tears him with beak and talons.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Vulture destroys Rávaṇ’s arms and chariot
summary: The vulture breaks Rávaṇ’s jeweled bows, damages his fiery harness and
will-moved chariot, fells royal emblems, and attacks the driver and team.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Rávaṇ falls from the broken car with Sítá
summary: After the car, team, and charioteer are disabled, Rávaṇ holds the lady
and springs to the ground; spirits praise the vulture.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Aged vulture blocks the renewed abduction
summary: Although weakened by age, the vulture rises again when Rávaṇ attempts to
carry Sítá through the air, and blocks his path.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Vulture’s warning to Rávaṇ
summary: The vulture warns Rávaṇ that stealing Ráma’s wife will ruin his people
and that the fruits of guilty deeds will bring death.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: stolen beloved
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: The vulture explicitly describes Rávaṇ’s act as stealing the wife of Ráma,
and the scene centers on Rávaṇ carrying the lady away while opposed by her defender.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents only part of the abduction episode and does not include
the preceding deception or the later rescue.
- id: motif:2
label: animal champion defending an abducted woman
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The vulture king fights Rávaṇ, breaks his weapons and chariot, and rises
again despite age and wounds to block the abduction.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: No matching taxonomy reference was supplied for this specific animal-defender
pattern.
- id: motif:3
label: moral consequence of guilty deeds
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The vulture warns that guilty deeds have deadly fruits and that Rávaṇ’s tyranny
and madness will bring his fate.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage frames consequence morally and cosmically, but does not show
a direct divine judgment event within this excerpt.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 33258-33269
quote_or_summary: Rávaṇ, furious and gold-adorned, rushes against the sovereign
bird; the fiend and bird meet in a violent aerial combat compared to clouds and
winged mountains.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 33270-33285
quote_or_summary: Rávaṇ rains arrows on the vulture king, including ten deadly arrows,
and the vulture’s body bleeds from the wounds.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 33286-33305
quote_or_summary: The vulture sees Sítá weeping in the car, ignores his wounds,
attacks again, and breaks Rávaṇ’s jeweled bow; Rávaṇ takes another bow, which
the vulture also snaps.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 33306-33325
quote_or_summary: The vulture strikes Rávaṇ’s armor, beats the harnessed asses,
breaks the will-moved chariot that shone like fire, fells the royal emblems and
guards, and tears the driver.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 33326-33335
quote_or_summary: With car, bow, charioteer, and team ruined, Rávaṇ holds the lady
and springs to the ground; spirits view his fall and praise the vulture, whose
strength is failing with age.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 33336-33345
quote_or_summary: Rávaṇ again tries to bear the lady through the air; the aged vulture
rises from the earth, blocks his path, and addresses him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: lines 33346-33349
quote_or_summary: "“Thou, King of giants... Wilt be the ruin of thy kind, / Stealing
the wife of Ráma”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; brief excerpt.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 33354-33383
quote_or_summary: The vulture tells Rávaṇ he drinks deadly poison, ignores the fruit
of guilty deeds, is like a fish caught by bait, and will face vengeance and the
dire fruits of crime.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied lines. Motif identification is strongest
for stolen_beloved; divine_judgment is less certain because the excerpt contains
warning rather than enacted judgment. No comparison claims were added because
the passage itself does not establish external comparison.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
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